diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 617fb50..2ada680 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+sysvinit (3.01) released; urgency=low
+    * Default to showing processes in the uninterruptable state (D).
+    The -z flag no longer affects whether processes in D state are shown.
+    The -z flag does still toggle whether zombie (Z) processes are shown.
+
+    * Removed unnecessary check which is always true from init tab parsing.
+
 sysvinit (3.00) released; urgency=low
 
     * Applied patch from Matthias Schiffer which allows bootlogd to read from
diff --git a/src/init.c b/src/init.c
index 16d45c3..06ac383 100644
--- a/src/init.c
+++ b/src/init.c
@@ -1525,8 +1525,6 @@ void read_inittab(void)
 				}
 				fclose(fp_tab);
 				/* do some checks */
-				if( buf == NULL ) 
-					continue;
 				if( strlen( p  ) == 0 )
 					continue;
 			} /* end of readdir, all is done */